Tony Awards special guest host Nathan Lane waves from his table while Tony Award winner for Best Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell and wife Allyson Tucker dance the night away at the Tony Awards ball at the Marriott Marquis. The 2000 Tony Awards, awarded June 4, honored Copenhagen and Contact as the best of Broadway with Michael Blakemore taking home both director prizes (the first time in Tony history), Mitchell and Heather Headley winning the top acting awards and Susan Stroman nabbing best choreography for Contact.
